France Ushers in Spring With Muguet des Bois

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Information about the celebration of May Day on May 1 in France. This national holiday, known as the "Fête du Travail" (worker's holiday), is commemorated by "the buying for oneself or one's loved ones or friends a pot or bouquet of lily of the valley (muguet des bois)." Part of a series of "Paris Postcards" written by an American expatriate living in Paris.